About forest conservation

Forests are under the spotlight as never before. They are globally important in regulating climate and locally important in sustaining communities and supporting biodiversity. But with unsustainable logging, and agriculture and biofuel producers competing for land, forests, and the people who depend on them, are under increasing pressure.

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Forest landscape restoration can dramatically improve food security in rural areas - but we need more evidence to understand how best this works, and where. We are calling for new research papers linking landscape restoration to food security. …

Please join IUCN's Global Forest and Climate Change Programme on December 4th at COP 20's Mountain & Water Pavilion in Lima for a special session on exploring the synergies between climate mitigation and adaptation in Forest Landscape Restoration. …

Real change often requires high-level planning and support. But sometimes all it takes is determination at the community level. On Costa Rica’s Chira Island, the hard work of women's collectives has resulted in the restoration and preservation of vital mangrove forests. …

Experts and leaders from two of the world’s biggest countries and emerging economies met in China last month to share knowledge on how restoration of degraded lands can be accomplished at large scale. …

After over a decade of research and work on the ground, Allanblackia oil has made its first introduction into the consumer market, and its success can benefit local communities, help restore degraded landscapes and conserve local biodiversity. …

By Lorena Aguilar Revelo, IUCN’s Global Gender Adviser. I was recently the keynote speaker at a gender conference for staff of Mexico’s National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR), presenting the importance of mainstreaming a gender perspective in the forest sector. Part of the reason I was so excited to be doing this in Mexico is because Mexico […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

The humble shea tree can teach us much about how men and women relate to land differently – and why this matters for restoration, says Marlène Elias, Gender Specialist, Bioversity International & CGIAR Research Programme on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry. In the semi-arid savannas of Africa, just south of the great Sahara, grows the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa). […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

By Ali Raza Rizvi of IUCN’s Global Ecosystem Management Programme writing at at the UN climate change conference in Warsaw. Warsaw is cold and cloudy but the warm-hearted Polish people have made it bright, sunny, and so welcoming. At this conference, the heat is on. Being here is a fast-paced learning experience (a lot of walking is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...